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October 25, 2026
Too Small to Light, So We Lit Around Them: Rose Gold Letters on the Amar Renaissance Pylon, Sopan Baug
A housing society in Sopan Baug wanted its entrance pylon to look classy. The name’s script letters were too small to hold LEDs, so we lit a rose gold box around each word and set stainless steel letters on top.
Case study · Amar Renaissance, Sopan Baug
It started in a shoe store
Mr. Akbar Setranjiwala owns Augustus, a shoe store in Koregaon Park. We had made a backlit print and a logo board for his store, and he liked them enough to remember our name.
He also sits on the managing committee of Amar Renaissance, a housing society in Sopan Baug, Pune. When the committee wanted its entrance pylon branded, he recommended us. That's how this job came to us.
The client
Amar Renaissance Co-operative Housing Society, Sopan Baug, Pune
The pylon
4 ft wide x 12 ft tall, built by the society
The letters
Three kinds on one pylon, all in rose gold
Final design to switch-on
About 15 days
The brief
A plain white pylon, and one wish
The society had already built its pylon at the gate: a steel frame wrapped in white ACP, 48 in wide and 144 in tall. What it needed was the society's name on it.
Mr. Akbar and Mr. Adish Kodre, the two committee members who handled it, had no design in mind. They had one wish: whatever we do, it must look premium and classy.
Planning
Four or five layouts, three meetings
Our proposals always show the sign on a photo of the client's own site, by day and by night. This one went through four or five layouts and a couple of months of changes before the committee said yes.
Every version had an R monogram on top, the name below and SOPAN BAUG under it. One early version also had HOME | PEACE | SANCTUARY on the lower band; that line didn't make the final design.
An early version of our proposal: day and night, drawn on a photo of their own pylon. The final went rose gold, and the lower line was dropped.
Choosing the finish
Gold, silver or rose gold?
Mr. Akbar and Mr. Adish came to our shop three times. On one visit we laid out samples of the finishes side by side.
They picked rose gold straight away. The society's gate behind the pylon has a wooden finish, and rose gold sits with wood far better than bright gold or silver.
Gold
Bright and warm, the finish in our first proposal.
Silver
Cool and modern, but cold next to a wooden gate.
Rose gold
Soft and warm, made for the wooden finish behind. Chosen on the spot.
Letter one
The R: a rose gold channel letter
The R on top is about 18 in tall, a channel letter: a rose gold aluminium side 2.5 in deep (0.85 mm thick), a 3 mm white acrylic face and an ACP tray at the back.
Warm white LEDs sit inside, so the face glows a soft gold after dark while the rose gold side catches the daylight.
Our drawing
Where every LED goes
Our production drawing for the R. Each dash is an LED module, placed along the strokes so the whole letter lights evenly.
The problem
Then the script got too thin
The name is in a flowing script, and on a 4 ft wide pylon its letters come out only about 6 in tall. The strokes are thin, with no room inside them for LEDs.
Make the letters bigger and the name no longer fits. Leave them unlit and the R glows on its own at night while the name disappears.
The fix
Light the outline, not the letters
So we drew a contour around each word, Amar and Renaissance, and built that shape as a lit box: the same rose gold side, a white acrylic face, LEDs inside.
The letters themselves were laser-cut from 304 stainless steel in rose gold and fixed flat on the face. At night the box glows all around them, and the steel letters stand out dark and crisp.
Our drawing
The box, and the letters that go on it
The contour follows each word with an even margin, so the glow looks the same around every letter.
Our production drawing: the contour boxes on top, the steel letters below, and a reference showing where they sit.
How it fits together
Three kinds of letters, one hollow pylon
The R and the two boxes are 3D: each one is drilled and screwed onto the pylon's ACP. The steel letters on the boxes, and SOPAN BAUG below, are flat, so they're pasted on with double-sided 3M tape.
The pylon is hollow behind the ACP. The wires go straight through the ACP into that space, and the power supply hides inside the pylon too, so nothing shows from the road.
Illustration: the pylon from the front, and cut through from the side. Not to scale.
In our workshop
Lights on before it leaves
Every piece is switched on and checked in our workshop before it goes to site.
All three pieces
The R glows from the front; the boxes glow around the steel letters.
Before the lights
The same pieces in daylight: rose gold sides, white faces, steel letters.
Real photos and video stills from our workshop, November 2025.
On site
A paper stencil the size of the sign
On a 12 ft pylon, an inch out of line shows. So we made a full-size paper stencil of the whole 48 x 63 in zone and taped it to the blank white ACP first.
1
Stencil first
The full-size paper stencil marks exactly where the R and both boxes go.
2
Drill the 3D pieces
The R and the two contour boxes are drilled and screwed onto the ACP.
3
Tape the flat letters
SOPAN BAUG goes on with double-sided 3M tape, lined up under the name.
4
Wires and power inside
Wiring runs through the hollow pylon to a power supply hidden inside it.
Day and night
Rose gold by day, a warm glow after dark
By day the rose gold sides and steel letters do the work. As the light fades, the R and the boxes come on.
By day
Rose gold and white on the society’s pylon.
At dusk
The R and the name boxes lit, SOPAN BAUG below.
Stills from short clips taken at the gate, November 2025. A proper night photo is on its way.
Up close
Metal on light
This is the effect we were after: a warm white outline with every steel letter sharp inside it. No LED had to fit inside a 6 in script letter.
The specs
What we made
Client
Amar Renaissance Co-operative Housing Society, Sopan Baug, Ghorpadi, Pune
Installed
November 2025
Pylon
48 x 144 in, steel frame and white ACP, hollow (built by the society)
The R
About 18 in tall; rose gold aluminium side 2.5 in deep, 0.85 mm; 3 mm white acrylic face; ACP back tray; warm white LEDs
The name
Two lit contour boxes (same side and face, LEDs inside) with 304 stainless steel rose gold letters, about 6 in tall, on the face
SOPAN BAUG
Rose gold letters, about 30 in wide, not lit
Fixing
3D pieces drilled onto the ACP; flat letters on double-sided 3M tape; full-size paper stencil
Power
Wiring and power supply hidden inside the hollow pylon
Time
About 15 days from the final proposal to installation
What it cost
The price of this job
Amar Renaissance paid ₹41,800 + 18% GST in November 2025 for the R, the two lit name boxes with their steel letters and SOPAN BAUG, made and installed by our team. That was the negotiated price.
For the parts we made, it works out to about ₹2,000 per sq ft, which is the planning guide on our 3D LED sign boards page. Lettering on a pylon you already have is priced in a free proposal.
3D LED letters and logos
about ₹2,000 per sq ft + GST (indicative)
Lettering on your existing pylon
priced in our free proposal
A whole pylon, built by us
usually above ₹50,000 + GST
Good to know
What to send us
A photo of your gate or pylon, its size, and your logo or society name.
Lead time
Fabricated signs typically take 1-15 days after you approve the proposal.
Installation
In Pune, quoted with your proposal after we review the site.
Warranty
Six months from installation, as on all our fabricated signs.
Running a society, a building or a campus? Send us a photo of your gate or pylon, and we'll make a free proposal with the letters drawn on your own site, by day and by night.
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Pylons
Pylon and totem sign boards
The pylons we design, build and install from the ground up, with what they cost.
How we build pylons →Lit signs
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All the kinds of lit letters and boards we make, with an indicative price per sq ft.
See 3D LED boards →Not sure which kind of sign suits your gate? Try the board finder in our sign board guide.
Next time you’re in Sopan Baug
Look for the rose gold R
Next time you pass Amar Renaissance in Sopan Baug after dark, look for the R glowing on the white pylon at the gate.
See every photo on the Amar Renaissance job page, and more signs for housing societies in Our Work.
Related jobs
Our work
Augustus, Koregaon Park
The shoe store job that led Mr. Akbar to recommend us.
See the job →Our work
A pylon shaped like its building
Swojas Advait, Model Colony: a pylon we built from the ground up.
See the job →Your turn
Want your society gate to look like this?
Send us a photo of your gate or pylon on WhatsApp. We'll plan the letters, the finish, the lights and the fixing.
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If it’s an emergency, try looking for him in the hills behind his house. You’ll almost certainly find him… lazing under a tree, with a book in hand.
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